16. Unfortunately, the legal service of the Czech Armed Forces is currently not explicitly tasked to review legality of any new weapons. This is made rather on ad-hoc basis or within military and industrial testing. Therefore, this is an area, where a system improvement is desirable and planned. Responses to Document CCW/GGE/X/WG.1/WP.2, Entitled IHL and …
There are obvious risks associated with introduction of weapons with autonomous capabilities, but as with any other weapon there are undoubtedly certain benefits as well. The risks would be mitigated by the obligation of states to review these new weapons against the requirements of international humanitarian law or any rule of international law applicable to …
38. Principles and rules of IHL applicable in armed conflict govern all forms of warfare and all means or methods of warfare, including those of the future.28 This is confirmed also by Article 36 of Additional Protocol I requiring States to review the lawfulness of such means and methods of warfare.29 Thus, cyber operations conducted as …
